Courtland Cushing Matson

Representative from Indiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1889ID M000248

LegislationHEADLINE

84%with Dems

of 582 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

84%with Dems

of 582 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1883 → 1885

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓18811887

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

79.6%with Democrats

of 98 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −10 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 50th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

4 Congresses

47th · 188150th · 1887

Democrat · House · IN47th–50th

Term datesexact

Courtland Cushing Matson

Representative from Indiana

HOUSED1881–18894 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

83.8%with Democrats

of 582 votes · 16.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested84%of 582 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811887

1887–88 · 50th · Democrat · of 98 votes79.6%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

47th · 188150th · 1887

Democrat47th–50th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th